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Modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era

HTTPie aitch-tee-tee-pie is a user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. It comes with JSON support, syntax highlighting, persistent sessions, wget-like downloads, plugins, and more.

The project's goal is to make CLI interaction with web services as human-friendly as possible. HTTPie is designed for testing, debugging, and generally interacting with APIs & HTTP servers. The http & https commands allow for creating and sending arbitrary HTTP requests. They use simple and natural syntax and provide formatted and colorized output.

Main features:

Built-in JSON support
Colorized and formatted terminal output
Sensible defaults for the API era
Persistent sessions
Forms and file uploads
HTTPS, proxies, and authentication support
Support for arbitrary request data and headers
Wget-like downloads
Extensions API
Expressive and intuitive syntax
Linux, macOS, Windows, and FreeBSD support
All that & more in 2 simple commands: http + https

Links

Documentation: https://httpie.io/docs
Try in browser: https://httpie.io/run
GitHub: https://github.com/httpie/httpie
Twitter: https://twitter.com/httpie
Discord: https://httpie.io/chat

Details for HTTPie

License

BSD-3-Clause

Last updated

14 October 2021 - latest/stable
19 March 2024 - latest/edge

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